A chance encounter with this Gray Ghost from back in December. Raptors are quite opportunistic and don’t mind taking advantage of another creature’s misfortune. Such was the case here with a rabbit that failed to make it across the road. The hawk got itself a meal out of the deal and didn’t have to exert any effort to get it.
You may recall this same hawk as one that I posted pictures of when it found itself under attack by another male harrier over the meal. That was a fun series of images you might want to check out here.
![A male Northern Harrier jealously guards a dead rabbit it found on the road. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6KzDutVrs14/WqqDJK9ifmI/AAAAAAAAkZo/-4tlmQZXgo0YIvFehNuoC1gVvgrEprzMgCJoC/s710/25360471688_4e81201774_o.jpg)
![A male Northern Harrier jealously guards a dead rabbit it found on the road. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S_D4SftXKcI/WqqDJEBi3jI/AAAAAAAAkZo/QdQ186ob3B0l_oc-z24oIeo9L6-Wm4wxgCJoC/s710/25360473008_913fc0b042_o.jpg)